Energy companies rely heavily on their communications infrastructure to support core business functions such as electricity generation and delivery and oil and gas exploration and pipeline operations. However, the move to new IP/Ethernet based technologies, the increased traffic volume from new applications (CCTV, smart metering) and increasingly corporate voice, video and data services, is forcing a change of the infrastructure. Energy companies are upgrading their networks to a converged multiservice IP/MPLS infrastructure that can support existing and new applications for their mission and business critical traffic. With Hierarchical QoS (H-QoS), non-stop routing and non-stop services, the industry leading management tools along with other MPLS capabilities, the reliability of these new networks is equal to or better than existing networks, all of which are essential for the energy business.
Energy solutions from Alcatel-Lucent cover Utility, Oil and Gas and U-Telco. Also, check out the Related Information that covers applications such as Video Surveillance.